A Salinas farm has expanded the number of recalled bags of chopped romaine lettuce Friday because of possible contamination with listeria.On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration notified True Leaf Farms in Salinas that a sample taken as part of a random check on the romaine lettuce tested positive for listeria.True Leaf Farms then immediately recalled 90 cartons that were shipped to an Oregon food service distributor. From the distributor, it might have gone to at least two other states, Washington and Idaho.
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No illnesses had been reported as of Thursday afternoon.On Friday, True Leaf Farms said it will recall 2,498 cartons more of chopped or shredded romaine lettuce at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.The company said the recalled cartons were products shipped to wholesale food distributors in 19 states, including Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Vermont, and Alberta, Canada.The voluntary recall covers products with a "use by" date of Sept. 29. The bag and box code is B256-46438-8 and it was unclear where the listeria-tainted lettuce had been grown.We are fully cooperating with the FDA, and we are contacting all of our customers to ensure prompt removal of any product potentially associated with the recall, Steve Church of True Leaf Farms said.We are committed to conducting this recall quickly and efficiently to reduce any risk to public health, Church said.Listeria rarely shows up in produce, but an outbreak linked to cantaloupe from a Colorado farm caused at least 72 illnesses, including up to 16 deaths, in 18 states in September. It was the deadliest food outbreak in more than a decade, the Centers for Disease Control said.Listeria is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in the elderly, pregnant women, young children and others with weakened immune systems.The CDC said that the median age of those sickened by cantaloupes was 78-year-old.Healthy adults infected by listeria may only suffer short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea.Consumers with questions or who need information may call Church Brothers, the sales agent for True Leaf Farms, at 1-800-799-9475, or go to www.churchbrothers.com.
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SALINAS, Calif. —

A Salinas farm has expanded the number of recalled bags of chopped romaine lettuce Friday because of possible contamination with listeria.

On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration notified True Leaf Farms in Salinas that a sample taken as part of a random check on the romaine lettuce tested positive for listeria.

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True Leaf Farms then immediately recalled 90 cartons that were shipped to an Oregon food service distributor. From the distributor, it might have gone to at least two other states, Washington and Idaho.

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No illnesses had been reported as of Thursday afternoon.

On Friday, True Leaf Farms said it will recall 2,498 cartons more of chopped or shredded romaine lettuce at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The voluntary recall covers products with a "use by" date of Sept. 29. The bag and box code is B256-46438-8 and it was unclear where the listeria-tainted lettuce had been grown.

We are fully cooperating with the FDA, and we are contacting all of our customers to ensure prompt removal of any product potentially associated with the recall, Steve Church of True Leaf Farms said.

We are committed to conducting this recall quickly and efficiently to reduce any risk to public health, Church said.

Listeria rarely shows up in produce, but an outbreak linked to cantaloupe from a Colorado farm caused at least 72 illnesses, including up to 16 deaths, in 18 states in September. It was the deadliest food outbreak in more than a decade, the Centers for Disease Control said.

Listeria is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in the elderly, pregnant women, young children and others with weakened immune systems.

The CDC said that the median age of those sickened by cantaloupes was 78-year-old.

Healthy adults infected by listeria may only suffer short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea.

Consumers with questions or who need information may call Church Brothers, the sales agent for True Leaf Farms, at 1-800-799-9475, or go to www.churchbrothers.com.